12:39 PM,
Jun. 20, 2013

The 2013 Hilltop Press Sportswoman of the Year is Tamara Mayes of Finneytown High School.

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After going up to block a shot against the Deer Park Lady Wildcats, the Finneytown High School basketball player felt her leg crumble. She tore her ACL, MCL and meniscus and also sprained her PCL. The diagnosis was no sports for at least six months.

"I didn't know what to think," Mayes said. "I just remember screaming. ? It was hard to comprehend being out six months or more because I had been playing sports since I was 3. It was hard." ...